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It was sent to me in 1973 as a Christmas card by a dear friend, Anita K. Dennis, who at the time was living in West Africa with her Mende Tribe and college professor husband, Ben Dennis. He is in tribal dress, with Anita standing next to him on the right. Anita is holding onto their son, Ben.

In 2014, Anita published her book “Beyond Myself The Farm Girl and the African Chief” and a snapshot with a slightly different angle than this one was chosen for the cover of her volume.

Never throw away old pictures, writers! They easily could find their way to a gratifying ending!

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Dandelions can be very photogenic, as they have many stages of life, bloom, and fade-outs. I’ve photographed them, here, in Black and White, Full Color, and Sepia. I’ve never tasted a dandelion, though many say they are salad-worthy. Mostly, I’ve thought of them as residential yard nuisances, but this Spring I found them a worthy […]

This is posted in particular in response to comments and an inquiry I made at BirdNation’s blog earlier today. BirdNation wrote about Gray Catbirds, her favorite bird, and I thought I might have snapped a Gray Catbird in this fellow, but I wasn’t certain, so I invited BirdNation to have a look… It seems to me […]

A Northern Flicker seeks a nesting hole. She goes inside to discover what work needs to be done, then peeks out to check for predators. Satisfied that all is safe, she turns around to get back to work. Using her considerable tail to balance her act, she pecks out wood chips to make more space […]

This photo (ABOVE) of four Canada Geese flying over the tree-tops offered a chance to create several other pictures simply by working out some blowup isolations. In the first picture (BELOW) the two middle geese are isolated to create a new photo via blowup. The blowup clearly allows one to observe the top goose’s feet, which have yet […]

In amateur photography, a lot of fun can be had in simply blowing up photos in graduating sizes. It can be an educational process, as well. Sometimes when focus on a subject seems certain, one can learn from a blowup that he wasn’t quite as focused in for his shot as he thought. Blowups can […]